Suwon Baek clan
{{Short description|Korean clan in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province}}
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|founder = {{ill|Baek Wu Kyung|ja|白宇経}}
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|connected_members = Baek Jong-won
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Yerin Baek
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Baek Sung-hyun
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The Suwon Baek clan ({{Korean|수원 백씨|水原 白氏}}) is a Korean clan. It is from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. According to research conducted in 2015, the number of members of the clan was 354,428. Their founder was {{ill|Baek Wu Kyung|ja|白宇経}}, who came to Korea during the Silla period and took a government post. Baek Wu Kyung was a descendant of Bai Yibing (白乙丙), a general of Qin state during Duke Mu’s reign who was descended of Zi clan. His hometown was Hua Prefecture, Shaanxi.{{Cite book|author=|date=|title=Academy of Korean Studies 수원 백씨 水原白氏|publisher=Academy of Korean Studies|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=2689507&cid=51949&categoryId=55195&mobile}}{{Cite journal |author=Jin Guanglin |author-link=:ja:金光林 (歴史学者) |date=2014 |title=A Comparison of the Korean and Japanese Approaches to Foreign Family Names |journal=Journal of Cultural Interaction in East Asia |volume=5 |via=Society for Cultural Interaction in East Asia |url=http://www.sciea.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/03_JIN.pdf |page=19}}
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- {{Cite book|author=|date=|title=Doosan Encyclopedia 외래귀화성씨 外來歸化姓氏|publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia|url=http://terms.naver.com/entry.nhn?docId=1129680&cid=40942&categoryId=31639&mobile}}